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Can you spot her? Where could she be?

Hint: It’s where cats love to be….

Isn’t she the sweetest thing?! She often hops onto the clothes dryer to nestle in a laundry basket. She cares not if the basket is filled with socks and shorts, just as long as it’s warm and cozy. Gotta love cats.

We took her with us on our trip to Virginia. Yes, a 10 hour drive EACH WAY. She was…. vocal. We didn’t need to lock her in a carrier, she behaved well enough with her harness and leash. But we think she howled during the ride because she probably got carsick. After a few hours, she settled down and snoozed. She even used the litter box! What a good girl!

When i told my brother in Virginia that I would be bringing Livvy, he was incredulous. “You’re bringing your cat?!” he said. I explained that Livvy was a member of the family, that Siamese are special, etc etc. He doubted, can you believe it! But as soon as he saw her, he said, “Oh my gosh, what a beautiful cat!” And by the time we were packing up to go back home, my brother asked me if he could have Livvy. I said of course not! What would all her blogging fans do without her?!

After dealing with the flooding, the piles of assignments for my jobs, the domain name transfer hassles and the massive amounts of work that did (and still must do) with yard (mud) cleanup and such, I’m taking Marg‘s advice: We’re taking it easy this weekend.

Livvy is, too. She’s such a good example for us all.

We’ll be back, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, early next week. Have a great weekend, my friends.

Typical cat. Gotta love it.

So how’s the blogosphere been? I’ve hardly been on, as my assignments have increased lately and I haven’t had much time for blog reading (and blog writing). Hence my late Find the Kitty post. The weeks have floooooooown by. Wasn’t yesterday Earth Day? Where did the days go?

I really need to slow down…

We had a horrible fright with Livvy the other night. Someone left one of the back doors open, and she was gone. No one noticed for quite some time. My son came to me, asking where Livvy was after he saw the door. Needless to say, we all freaked out. It was late, about 9:30pm or so, dark as anything. Oh Lord, my precious cat…

We eventually found her, skulking behind some shrubs at the property line. I was so angry, I could have throttled her. Sheesh, doesn’t she realize what a terror she causes us sometimes? Anyway, she’s safe and sound. As soon as she came in, she plopped by my feet (warm spot) and bathed herself. And slept soundly all night.

That’s enough adventure for me.

Unfortunately, I was a little too late with the camera. Thirty seconds previous to this moment, she had hopped in the laundry and nestled underneath the warm clothes. Then, one of the kids moved a sock and she started to wriggle out.

She sure likes laundry day.

Happy weekend, everyone!

Oh my gosh! I completely forgot that today was Friday! Yep, all day!

Sorry I’m late. This is a tough one. See if you seasoned veterans can find her now…

Got any good guesses?

Doesn’t it look like she is doing her homework? Haha, if only!

She’s gotten into this bad habit of sitting on the dining room table. :-p Even during dinner time! :-p *sigh*

Don’t ask me why all my photos taken with the iPhone are suddenly turning out with a pink hue. There are no camera adjustment settings (that I am aware of). Maybe it’s because spring is coming and the sun’s rays are refracting (or reflecting or refraring or whatever the word is) on the earth’s atmosphere??? Or maybe it’s just because the walls are red and the iPhone goes screwy…

So, you ready for spring yet? I know, funny question, ha ha ha!

Here she is, not very stealthy these days:

If anything, she is absolutely demanding my full, unabated attention. This is what she does ALL DAY LONG at my desk.

*sigh* I am unable to work, and I have a lot of work to do! She’s never really aggravated me very much before, but I am finding myself getting exasperated when she does this. I had to make the decision to work upstairs on one of the old refurbished laptop computers before I caved in and got myself one of my own….. I recline on my bed to write! Shes very happy there, snuggled on top of my legs with a cozy blanket.

It’s so cute that she wants to be snuggled all the time… but some days I just have a lot of work! How about your cats, are they snuggle bunnies or do they act like real cats, hahah!

The Princess decided to go BEHIND the computer monitor this time, instead of her customary IN FRONT of it, licking the screen and driving me bananas. Staring at me in the face drives me bananas, too. :S

Look at that face! lol!

I bought a bag of Dad’s cat food yesterday. I flipped the bag into the shopping cart and did a triple-take when I spotted the photo of this cat:

Holy cow!!! Is that my cat?!?!?!

I came home and the kids and I closely inspected the picture. Everyone said it was Livvy except my daughter, who said the nose was too long. But the cat in the photo has the same pink nose with brown “trim” all around it, the same little kink at the end of the tail, the same polydactyl toes, and the same markings. WHOA! We looked through our online photos of Livvy for a copy. The closest I could find was this:

Isn’t she absolutely BEAUTIFUL?!??! My heart turned to mush.

But no, I guess the Dad’s cat is not Livvy. The markings under the eye and on the nose are a TINY bit different. And the stripes on the Dad’s cat legs are not as pronounced as Livvy’s are. I’m rather relieved. I didn’t want to have to contact Dad’s and ask them what the heck are they doing with my beautiful cat!

All my photos are protected by copyright. I will share them, but people must ask permission and give me credit before using them. I’ve already had one photo taken– and the guy even removed my watermark! :-p

Anyway, it’s really weird to think that Livvy has a “twin” somewhere. I’d heard that people also have “twins”- somewhere on this planet there walks another person who looks strikingly similar to you, someone who can pass off as you on camera or even claim your life insurance policy or driver’s license! :-p Maybe I have seen too many “In Search Of” episodes as a kid. But it is a fact that I have been approached by strangers, asking if I was so-and-so. It’s happened several times in my life. Apparently, I look like a number of other people. When I was in New York City, in drama school, my Theatre History teacher confessed that I looked just like the young lady who had run off with her husband. Shocked, I exclaimed, “Well, it wasn’t me!” So it’s creepy to have a “twin,” I think.

ANYWAY. Boy, did I get off on a tangent. LOL. So Livvy has a “twin,” or something pretty close. That photo threw me for a loop, I tell you. But I guess you could say the Cat’s On the Bag.

Go HERE. It’s my photo page at Flickr. It’s a set of Livvy photos I’ve taken throughout the two years we have had her. So Marg, now you can always see the newest photos of Livvy (as I add more), as well as her “historic” photos.

Every once in a while, I go through the photos. Ooooooo! She was SUCH an adorable baby!!! I never get tired of going through them.

She’s so photogenic, isn’t she? You could print up a great big poster of her, and hang it in your living room, or give it as a gifts for boss’ day, don’t you think?

OK OK, enough gushing…

So Marg, when you need to see photos of Livvy, there you are. She’s irresistible, I know!